Buhner's protocol for Bartonella

I've been on Buhner's bartonella protocol for almost 2 years now. I had chronic Lyme, bartonella and babesia. I feel like most of my bartonella issues have been resolved.

I'm on pretty much the whole bartonella protocol, since there's a reason for all of it. Supporting body systems that bartonella likes to attack is just as important as killing bartonella. Houttuynia is the main "bartonella" killing herb in the protocol. It's powerful and it does work. I'd start out low 1-5 drops 1-3x a day, and only increase when herxing becomes manageable.

One thing I had issues with was L-arginine. I can't take the full suggested dose, since it makes me very dizzy. I already have low blood pressure, which too much L-arginine worsens. But 500mg twice a day is ok for me.

I don't know if sayyadina started them all one by one - I'm assuming so, as they say that is the best, so you can more easily gauge which herbs are doing what for you, but seems to be on about all of Buhner's protocols for those infections, and a little extra.

Buhner has said that all of the herbs he recommends can be combined. Though, I think he cautions that one looks into whether or not the person themselves might have an issue.

As for sources..

For whole herbs (to be put info capsules, made into teas, tinctures), I feel most either go through one of these:

1stchineseherbs.com - they've got a lot of the major players there, as well as a bunch of other stuff.

Though, I've found that Mountain Rose (www.mountainroseherbs.com) has better prices for some things. It made me question the quality, but I've ordered some essential oils from them that seemed to be the exact same thing as brands charging twice as much offer.

I've gotten a few things from a Starwest Botanicals as well.

For tinctures:

www.mountainroseherbs.com

www.sagewomanherbs.com

Also, Herb Pharm products, wherever you can get them the cheapest, for general support stuff. Like, before I had an issue with the alcohol in the tinctures, I found their red root to be quite nice.

Nutramedix is good. They're a bit more expensive, but they offer a couple things you can't find anywhere else that might be useful to you, especially their detox stuff. Pinella and burbur.

I get my tinctures from Woodland Essence.